One language, many peoples in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

“Lancaster County’s Hispanic population has become increasingly diversified since 1990, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, which tracks the countries of origin of people living in the United States.

Puerto Ricans can claim a 72 percent majority among Hispanics here, according to 2005 estimates from Lancaster County Planning Commission. Increasingly, however, they are sharing their churches, stores and neighborhoods with people who share their language, but not necessarily their culture.

For example, from 1990 to 2000 the county added to its Hispanic population people from nine Central and South American countries that were not represented at the beginning of the decade.”

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